Read this excerpt from national epics, by kate milner rabb.

though the beauty of the original is of necessity lost in a condensation of this kind, an endeavor has been made to preserve the characteristic epithets, and to retain what mr. arnold called 'the simple truth about the matter of the poem.'

based on its use in this context, the word "epithet" most likely means which of these?

a. descriptive word or phrase
b. punctuation
c. rhyme scheme
d. word count

Which piece of information about doris lessing would more likely be found in the new york times article "doris lessing wins nobel prize in literature" than in the "doris lessing" biographical video? the opinion lessing has of the current political climate in south africa description of the home which lessing and her husband live in today

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.

Which of these can an adverbial clause modify?